Just one week after he was released from an Israeli prison, Hamas leader Hassan Yousef said on Sunday that a third Arab armed uprising – or intifada – is just a matter of time. Speaking to Channel 2 News, Yousef said that Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas does not represent anyone other than himself. […]
It’s not just Israel that is worried about Hamas terrorism. The Palestinian Authority, itself run by the Fatah terror group, is concerned that Hamas, which controls Gaza, will try to further its influence in PA-controlled areas of Judea and Samaria. A PA report quoted by Israel Radio said that such a development would be bad […]
A terrorist from Gaza was arrested in early December in connection to shooting attacks and other terrorist activity targeting Israelis, the Shin Bet revealed Thursday. The terrorist was identified as 32-year-old Mohammed Abu-Amshah, a resident of Beit Hanoun and a member of the Fatah-affiliated Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade. He is accused of several terror-related offenses, including […]
December 11, 2013 14:36 by Pesach Benson Audit finds EU pays Palestinian civil servants in Gaza who haven’t worked in six years. AP writes: Some 65,000 civil servants and members of the security forces in Gaza stopped reporting to their jobs in 2007, when the Islamic militant Hamas seized the territory from Palestinian President Mahmoud […]
A military court in Gaza on Thursday sentenced a man to death by hanging, the Bethlehem-based Ma’an news agency reported. The Hamas-run court found the man – identified only as A.K. – guilty of collaborating with Israeli authorities, without providing further details, said the news agency. On June 22, the Gaza government hanged two men […]
November 19, 2013 16:33 by Pesach Benson Beirut was rocked by two suicide bombers outside the Iranian embassy. According to the Daily Star‘s early coverage, 25 people were killed, including an Iranian attache. Another 150 people were wounded. An Al-Qaida affiliate is claiming responsibility, but as usual, it’s Israel’s fault. Avi Issacharoff says Iran’s getting a taste of its […]
November 20, 2013 16:59 by Pesach Benson According to the Daily Star, the IDF’s concerned Hezbollah is digging tunnels under the Blue Line. The UNRWA’s outgoing chief says virtually all its Gaza projects are at a standstill, and you know whose fault that is. The Times of Israel quoted Filippi Grandi blaming Israel’s refusal to allow […]
Abu Ubaidah, a spokesman for the Al-Qassam Brigades (Hamas’s military wing) expressed satisfaction with the terror organization’s readiness to engage in another military confrontation with Israel. In an interview with Al-Jazeera, Ubaidah claimed that Hamas continues to dig terror tunnels from Gaza to Israel, and that the weapon would be a “strategic” move which could possibly “change […]
At an address to the Conference of Major Jewish Organizations today, Minister of Economy Naftali Bennett was asked about the economic costs of staying in Judea and Samaria. In an unequivocal response, he explained why withdrawing from the region would cost Israel far more than remaining. “I’m a businessman! I can tell you the economic […]
Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said Sunday that the Palestinian Authority, often touted as Israel’s “peace partner”, is no different than Hamas in its quest to undermine Israel, explaining that it simply uses different methods to achieve this goal. “I supported Oslo but smartened up when I realized that Arafat considered it to be yet another […]
